New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-22
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS
TURTLE MOUNTAIN SURVEYS.


WASHINGTON April 81 Notwithstanding Lamar has
issued an order directing the Commissioner OF the Cen
eral Land Office to proceed with surveys OF lana Id tne
Turtle Mountain district On December Il, 1887 fresi
dent Arthur issued order setting aside as reservation
for the use Of the Turtle Mountain band Of Chippewas
and such other OF Chppewas the secretary OF
the Interior might it, certain tract OF land the
boundaries which accurately described In the
order IL found however that this reservation was
much larger than necessary for the CDppe"as anu
at the recommendation OF Secretary Teller, March ~
1884 President Arthur signed another Order selecng
Townships Nos l62 and 163, North Range, II "est'
and setting them aside for the Chippewas and throwing
the remainder open to settlement Subsequent oruer'
issued OF the year, amended the last haeu
order by substituting Townships No 1872 North Range
20 West" for Township No. l63, North Range ~
West" and settlers free to where they Ike
They rushed In IN large numbers. and the Govern
ment to further along this settlement OF the pubic
domain extended lis contracts for surveying over
this secon without regard to deposits. Sparks came
hn sH business declared that there Was unex
ngushed Indian title these lands and suspended tne
The only talked louder and threatened
To suspend all surveys lie extended the suspsson "
large tracts land In the Devils Lake country anu
seeing OF relief the contractors ana settlers s
the Secretary The decision ~
him directing Sparks TO 20 on with these surveys prei
aud 10 the point
| SCIENTIFIC PAPERS READ AND DISCUSSED
W,sufsGToS April u CSpceiab-At the business ses-
sion this morning the National Academy OF sciences
, ecied IA new members T. g. Mendenhall. late OF the
Inied States Signal ONCE and president OF the Rose
Polytechnic Institute ut Terre Haute ind George d.
Cook state Geologst OF NcwJersey, aud H. r. Bowdicn'
of harvard A. G aham Bell presented two papers one
on The Ancestry OF the Deaf and the other on Ihe
Sostion of Kinshp" The nrst paper Is continuation
NJ hi. .udles on the transmission OF congenltal DEAFNESS
Al the cost OF great labor in correspondence Win Town
cerks examinations records OF probate courts etc.,
profer Bell has traced back the ancestry OF some ran
lies In which deafness Is general Win strihg resu.S
The Notation OF Knship" grew out OF the necessity ior
some ready means OF indicating the complicated reiatioh
ships which strong tendency 10 inermarfiage among
deaf.mu,cs has created Id the paper on "Floriaian
| of the strata now actually IN PROCESS
| ~ formation In South Florida, iheluu,
ING those rocks in which human remaihs anu
ccs NJ nottery have found hese are geoiOscay
ery recent and chronOlOglcaly may BOT ohS auto
49, Tho discovery OF America The traditional corai
ef on the southwest side the peninsula were en-.
trely absent and the strata wherever observer we1
entary slightly waved. pafallr win ,no hd
trend of the peninsula The assllilerous phoSohe
| Of the taoosahache were found remarkably ncn ~
faunal demo dts over 800 species having beeh colec.e
| hv Dr Dall In a single week. Professor X ~ irving
rSSad n nrner: Is There Huronian Group anu =.
| ID Wnlcot one on "The Iaconic system OF Emmons'
both OF which were by Dr. l. sterry mum Anu
In the evening the members OF the Academy were
present at a reception given by Professor A. Sranain
tI which was also well attended by the scientists resi-
dn1 in Wasbingon With the reading or three or TOUR
| papers tomorrow the sson will close